Health and literacy: Supporting the oral health research agenda

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 131-132

  Rudd, Rima E ^b   Horowitz, Alice M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 23744502260     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2005.tb02801.x     Document Type: Note

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